Balsalazide disodiumProduct ingredient for Balsalazide
- Name
- Balsalazide disodium
- Drug Entry
- Balsalazide
Balsalazide is an anti-inflammatory drug used in the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It is sold under the name "Colazal" in the US and "Colazide" in the UK.
The chemical name is (E)-5-[[-4-(2-carboxyethyl) aminocarbonyl] phenyl]azo] -2-hydroxybenzoic acid. It is usually administered as the disodium salt.
Balsalazide works by deliverying mesalazine to the large intestine to act directly on ulcerative colitis. Mesalazine is also known as 5-aminosalicylic acid, or 5-ASA.
- Accession Number
- DBSALT000835
- Structure
Structure for Balsalazide disodium (DBSALT000835)
- Synonyms
- Not Available
- UNII
- 1XL6BJI034
- CAS Number
- 150399-21-6
- Weight
- Average: 437.316
Monoisotopic: 437.08110308 - Chemical Formula
- C17H17N3Na2O8
- InChI Key
- XDCNKOBSQURQOZ-MVIJUDHYSA-L
- InChI
- InChI=1S/C17H15N3O6.2Na.2H2O/c21-14-6-5-12(9-13(14)17(25)26)20-19-11-3-1-10(2-4-11)16(24)18-8-7-15(22)23;;;;/h1-6,9,21H,7-8H2,(H,18,24)(H,22,23)(H,25,26);;;2*1H2/q;2*+1;;/p-2/b20-19+;;;;
- IUPAC Name
- disodium 5-[(E)-2-{4-[(2-carboxyethyl)carbamoyl]phenyl}diazen-1-yl]-2-hydroxybenzoate dihydrate
- SMILES
- O.O.[Na+].[Na+].OC1=CC=C(C=C1C([O-])=O)\N=N\C1=CC=C(C=C1)C(=O)NCCC([O-])=O
- External Links
- ChemSpider
- 21258040
- ChEBI
- 59164
- Wikipedia
- Balsalazide
- Predicted Properties
Property Value Source Water Solubility 0.157 mg/mL ALOGPS logP 2.44 ALOGPS logP 3.17 Chemaxon logS -3.4 ALOGPS pKa (Strongest Acidic) 3.06 Chemaxon pKa (Strongest Basic) -0.033 Chemaxon Physiological Charge -2 Chemaxon Hydrogen Acceptor Count 8 Chemaxon Hydrogen Donor Count 2 Chemaxon Polar Surface Area 154.31 Å2 Chemaxon Rotatable Bond Count 7 Chemaxon Refractivity 116.05 m3·mol-1 Chemaxon Polarizability 35.04 Å3 Chemaxon Number of Rings 2 Chemaxon Bioavailability 1 Chemaxon Rule of Five Yes Chemaxon Ghose Filter Yes Chemaxon Veber's Rule No Chemaxon MDDR-like Rule No Chemaxon